Over the last nearly two decades of my career with the Times News, I have covered the Carbon County community, from graduations and school board meetings, to the Senior Games and everything in between.
Two long-standing after-school programs in Northeastern Pennsylvania with proven track records of helping students succeed could cease due to lack of grant funding.
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Students from elementary and middle schools around Carbon County have been doing hands-on STEM and technology projects at summer camps held by Project SHINE.
Each year, the afterschool program holds .
The partnership between the Carbon Career & Technical Institute and LCCC’s SHINE program has proven to be a successful collaboration, according to Rachel Strucko, director of the SHINE program. St.